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It's cold and in the middle of the night but a group of young, poor women are working on dresses that wealthy women are to wear at the upcoming dance. Ruth, who recently lost her parents had been placed in this work by her guardian, a man she didn't know and had only met once.
Despite her great reasons for grief, Ruth is beautiful and innocent inside and out and she revels, like all young girls do, at the beauty of the world.
She is chosen along with a few more to wait upon the ladies at the dance ...more
Despite her great reasons for grief, Ruth is beautiful and innocent inside and out and she revels, like all young girls do, at the beauty of the world.
She is chosen along with a few more to wait upon the ladies at the dance ...more
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